This image shows a reconstruction
of South America and Africa, joined together along their
matching coastlines. In addition, several other pieces
of evidence support the idea that the continents were
joined.

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Move your cursor over the buttons
on the image. The highlighted areas indicate the range
where some piece of evidence is found on both continents.
Click each button to see an image of the evidence.

Jennifer Loomis, TERC

1. In addition to their shapes, what other
data support the hypothesis that Africa and South America
were once joined together?